Open AccessProperties of mode-locked ultrafast fiber lasers
Author(s) -
Youwen Jia
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/711/1/012103
Subject(s) - fiber laser , ultrashort pulse , laser , dissipative soliton , materials science , optics , optoelectronics , soliton , physics , nonlinear system , quantum mechanics
Lasers, including solid-state lasers, fiber lasers and ultrafast fiber laser, are critical to our daily lives. Different kinds of laser have their own advantages and disadvantages. For solid-state lasers, they can generate short duration, high energy pulses but are difficult to maintain and expensive. Fiber lasers, which are compact, low-price, high-efficiency, can provide a novel solution to these issues. Here, we illustrate the theory and main features of the most important ultrafast fiber laser designs: soliton laser, dispersion-management soliton, dissipative soliton and Mamyshev oscillator. At last, we focus primarily on the promising future of the ultra-fast fiber lasers.